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“Is Wyoming ready to legalize marijuana?” Olsen said, later adding: “From my perspective it is only a matter of time before one of a few things happen.”
The UW survey found that 54% of Wyoming residents support allowing adults in Wyoming to legally possess marijuana for personal use. The study also found that 85% of Wyoming residents support medical use. 75% support decriminalizing marijuana.
Olsen also pointed recent Gallup polling released in Nov. 2020 which found that 68% of Americans overall support legalization of marijuana.
With support for legalization increasing, Olsen said that “many believe that legalization by ballot initiative in Wyoming [will be] viable as early as 2022.”
Wyoming to debate cutting K-12 funding by $100 million to help avoid budget shortfalls By Brendan LaChance on February 9, 2021
(Dan Cepeda, Oil City)
CASPER, Wyo. The Wyoming Legislature will reconvene their 2021 General Session in March and one of the may topics of debate will be what should be done with K-12 education spending.
House Majority Floor Leader Albert Sommers (Sublette County) said during a press conference on Tuesday, Feb. 9 that the legislature will debate a proposal to cut K-12 education funding (provided through the School Foundation Program Account) by $100 million per year.
Wyoming Senate and House majority leaders said during the press conference that they expect the work of the legislature this session will be able to ensure a balanced budget for the remainder of the 2021-2022 biennium.
Rumblings of possible marijuana legalization felt as Wyoming House talk veteran mental health, PTSD By Brendan LaChance on February 3, 2021
A marijuana legalization supporter at rally outside the Wyoming Capitol. (Dan Cepeda, Oil City File)
CASPER, Wyo. The marijuana legalization debate is being felt in various corners of the Wyoming Legislature during their 2021 General Session.
House Bill 82, sponsored by six legislators, has been received for introduction in the Wyoming House of Representatives. The bill would task the Wyoming Department of Health with conducting a report that would “identify medical conditions that are, according to medical evidence, likely to benefit from treatment with medical marijuana.”